Travel Day

Travel day
No pre check
Annoyance
Then the girl with the backpack
Smelled like hard drinking
Had no ID
Hispanics, she said,
Even though I'm half, I don't speak it
A tragedy happened to me...
Twice
I've got to get out of Texas
It's her first time flying
Scared
Going home to Washington
Crying
I need to see my little boy
Raped
Talking to me
An older woman on
Her way to Alaska
Walks up and hugs her
Without hesitation gives
What I couldn't